oryx

See also: Oryx

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/, /ˈoʊɹ.ɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

oryx (plural oryxes or oryx or (rare) oryges)

1. Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns

Synonyms

• sabre antelope

Derived terms

• Arabian oryx
• scimitar-horned oryx

Related terms

• orygine

Translations

antelope

Arabic: مَهَاة (ar) f (mahāh) Catalan: òrix m Chinese: Mandarin: 劍羚 / 剑羚 (jiànlíng) Czech: přímorožec m Dutch: oryx (nl) m Egyptian: (mꜣ) Esperanto: orikso Finnish: keihäsantilooppi German: Säbelantilope f Greek: όρυξ m (óryx) Ancient: ὄρυξ m (órux) Hebrew: רְאֵם (he) m (reém) Hungarian: orix Irish: oracs m Italian: orice (it) m Juǀ'hoan: gǃòʼé Latin: oryx m Lithuanian: oriksas m Malay: oriks Middle Persian: hlbwc (xar-buz), xrbwz (Manichaean) Navajo: jádí bideeneezígíí Nǀuu: ǃae Persian: تیزشاخ (tizshãkh) Polish: oryks (pl) m Portuguese: órix (pt) m Romanian: oryx (ro) m Russian: сернобы́к (ru) m (sernobýk), о́рикс (ru) m (óriks) Spanish: órice Swahili: choroa Turkish: oriks Warji: ndalai

References

• oryx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• oryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:oryx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• xyro-, Roxy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux), the antelope probably being named after the sharp iron digging tools with the same name, because of the shape of its horns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ryks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.riks]

Noun

oryx m (genitive orygis); third declension

1. antelope, gazelle
2. wild goat
3. wild bull or ox

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	oryx	orygēs
genitive	orygis	orygum
dative	orygī	orygibus
accusative	orygem	orygēs
ablative	oryge	orygibus
vocative	oryx	orygēs

References

• “oryx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oryx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “oryx”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “oryx”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “oryx”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly